Kingdom of the Spiders crawls onto DVD

Along with Jaws, the two creature features that stuck with me as a child were Empire of the Ants and Kingdom of the Spiders. A shoddy DVD of Kingdom was released several years ago, but the good people at Shout! Factory are releasing a killer Special Edition version on January 19, 2010.

Kingdom of the Spiders is directed by John “Bud” Cardos, who helmed such cult faves as The Dark and Mutant.

Synopsis: William Shatner stars as veterinarian “Rack” Hansen in this cult film about an Arizona town infested with a horde of arachnids that turn on the humans whose insecticides have depleted their natural food supply. After livestock belonging to Rack’s friend, rancher Walter Colby (Woody Strode), fall victim to a spider attack, entomologist Diane Ashley (Tiffany Bolling) arrives and tries to help Rack deal with the crisis — but with the big county fair fast approaching, Mayor Connors (Roy Engel) refuses to let them quarantine Colby’s ranch. Soon the remaining residents of the town must barricade themselves at the lodge of Emma Washburn (Lieux Dressler) in an effort to save themselves from the eight-legged invaders in the ultimate man versus spider showdown.

Specs:

All new interview with William Shatner

Audio commentary by director John Bud Cardos, producer Igor Kantor, spider wrangler Jim Brockett, and cinematographer John Morrill, moderated by Scott Spiegel and Lee Christian

Jim Brockett: Spider Wrangler featurette

Rare behind-the-scenes footage

Poster gallery

Original theatrical trailer

 

Source: Dread Central